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[QUOTE="i13, post: 121749, member: 21708"] AWG being on the light side means that the wire is too thin. Higher AWG numbers correspond to thinner wire. Thicker wires result in less voltage drop and they can handle a higher maximum current compared to thinner wires. The short section of thin wire on the strip itself won't stop you from having a 5 metre lead-in. Voltage drop happens over distance. If there's a short distance of thin wire next to the strip, there is only a short distance for voltage drop to occur within it so it won't cause much voltage drop. If you extend the thin wire with more thin wire then you've provided more distance over which the voltage drop can occur. It would therefore make sense to extend the thin wire using a longer length of thicker wire. You just need to be careful not to exceed the maximum current that the thin wire can handle. [/QUOTE]
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